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Valladolid, city, capital of Valladolid provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Castile-León, northwestern Spain. The city lies along the Pisuerga River at its confluence with the Esgueva, southwest of Burgos. The first recorded mention of Valladolid (Moorish Belad Ulid) appears to be in a letter of 1074 from Alfonso VI to Count Pedro Ansúrez granting him the lordship of the place. Under Ansúrez, Valladolid grew into a city of considerable importance. From the reign of Alfonso VII (12th century) to that of Philip II (and again from 1600 to 1606 under Philip III), it was the seat ...(100 of 351 words)

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